'Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East Indies. Giving an account of the present state of those countries, as also a full relation of the five years wars, between Aureng-Zebe and his brothers in their father's life time, about the succession. And a voyage made by the Great Mogul (Aureng-Zebe) with his Army from Dehli to Lahor, from Lahor to Bember, and from thence to the Kingdom of Kachemire, by the Mogols, call'd, the Paradise of the Indies. Together with a relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin, and of their particular manners and trade. To which is added a new description of the Grand Seignior's Seraglio, and also of all the Kingdoms that encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas, being the travels of Monsieur TavernierBernier, and other great men.' [‎176] (505/1024)

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ij6 Travels in I n d i a. ParcTl
Under the Portal of the Paged fits one of the principal
Bafon by him, full of a yellow colour mix’d with water. All thefe poor ih i*
ters come and prefent themfelvcs before him, who gives them a mark fro-n i
tween the eyes to the top of the nofe,then upon the arms,and upon the ftorm t
by which marks they know who have walk’d themfelves in Cu>ihs and who ’
Thofe that never walk’d themfelves but in the waters of their own Wells 0 r if 01 '
only fent for it from the River, they do notbelive to be perfedly parifi’d a
by confequence they are not to be mark’d with that colour. By the wav Vt
notice, that thefe Idolaters are mark’d with different colours according m rh
Tribe they are of. But in the Empire of the Great idi%«/,tbey who are mi n Ia
with yellow compofe the biggeft Tribe,and are the 16311“defil'd. For whentl-ev
are neceffitated to the deeds of nature, fome think it enough to walk th»
defil’d ; but they firft rub the part with a handful of fand,then they fcour itS
water. After fo doing, they affirm their bodies to be clean, and that- thev An
eat their food without fear. y c ' ia
Neer to this great Pagod upon the Summer-Weft, fends a kind ofaColledt
which the RajaJeJfewg, the molt potent of all the Idolaters in the Em
pire, built for the education of the youth of the better fort. I faw two of the
children of that Prince there at School, who had for their Mailers feveral Bu
mins, whotrught them to write and read in a language peculiar to the Idolaters
Priefts,and far different from the fpeech of the common people. Entring into the
Court of that Colledg, and calling my eyes up, I difeover’d two Galleries that
went round the Court, where I faw the two Princes fitting, attended by feveral
petty Lords and Bramins, who made feveral Mathematical Figures upon the
ground with chalk. The two Princes feeing me, fent to know who I was • and
* underftanding that I was a Frank, they fent for me up, and ask’d me feverai
quell ions touching Europe, and particularly touching France. Whereupon there
being two Globes in the room which the Hollanders had giv’n the Hamms 1
Ihew’d the Princes where France lay upon one of them. After Ihad taken leave;
I ask d one of the Bramins when I might fee the Pagod open .• he anfwer’d me
the next morning before Sun-rifing. When I came there,lobferv’d before the
door,a Gallery fupported with Pillars, where there was already a great crowd of
men, women and children expecting when the Pagod would be open’d. By and
by, the Gallery , and a great part of the Court being full, there came eight Bm-
mns, tour of each fide of the Gate, with every one a Cenfer in his hand,follow’d
by a rabble of other Bramins that made a hideous noife with Drums and other In-
ftruments. The two eldeft of the Bramins ling a Song •, and then all the people
falling into the tune,falla finging and playing,with every oneaPeacock’s-tail,or
iome other kind of liable, to drive away the flies, that the Idol may notbe an-
>J 0 ]f u w “ en J^ eyr °P n t ^ le Pa S od - fanning,and the Mulick, laftedagood
nait hour. Then the two principal Bramins madea great noife three times with
two little Bells, and with a kind of a Mallet knockt at the Pagod-door. Which
was prefently open’d by fix Bramins within,difeovering, fome fix or feven paces
from the entrance, an Alter with an Idol upon it, which they call Ai®,Aim, the
bilter ot Morli-Ram. Upon her right-hand Ihe has a child made like a great Ct®
pd, which they call the God La-kgmin; and in her left-arm a little Girl, which
they call the Goddefs Sit a. So foon as the Pagod was open.and that a great Cur-
tam was drawn, the people,who perceiv’d the Idol,fell upon the ground, laying
Weir hands upon their heads,and proffrating themfelves threetimes. Thenrifing
Wfy threw great quantities ofNofegays andGar lands to the Prielts: with which
thetouch’d the Idol,and then reftor’d themagain.Before the Alter flood
a who held in his hand a lamp of nine wieks lighted,upon which he call
Incenle every foot, land then held it to the Idol. All thefe ceremonieslafted above
an hour; a.ter which the people departed,and the Pagod was Ihut. They pre-
lented the Idol with great floreof Rice, Meal, Butter, Oil, and Milk-meats, of
w '■ 1 , " t le Bramins lole nothing. Now in regard this Idol is the reprefentation of
a oman, the Women all invoke it, and call her their Patronefs: which is the
realon that the placeis generally crowded with Women and Maids. The Raja King , to
ave this Idol in the Pagod of his own houfe, and for taking it out of the great
tigo , nas expended as well upon the Bramins, as in alms to the poor, .above fi v!
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